Aids Test Ordered

DIGEST

A Lantana man charged with kidnapping a woman and raping her over an 18-day period was ordered on Friday to submit to a blood test to determine if he carries the virus that causes AIDS.

Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Thomas E. Sholts granted the motion for the blood test, which was sought by Assistant State Attorney Beth Roberts for the woman.

Sholts said the results of the test will be given only to the suspect, Charles Zenobia Jr., and the woman.

Zenobia, of the 200 block of Ocean Avenue, is the son of a former Dania City Council member. He is being held without bail at the Palm Beach County Jail on multiple charges of sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Zenobia is accused of raping, beating and torturing the woman between April 16 and May 4, the day she escaped from Zenobia`s apartment and had someone call police.